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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 10, 2012 Contact: Challis Breithaupt (802) 828-5892 Department of Education MONTPELIER The National Assessment of Educational Progress(NAEP) released the statewide performance results from the 2011assessment in Science for grade 8 students today. A representative sample of 122,000 eighth-graders participatednationwide in the assessment. In Vermont, 1,800 students wereassessed. Results for the science assessment are provided in thetable below as scale scores and achievement levels. The results arereported as average scores on a 0 to 300 scale and as percentagesof students performing at or above three achievement levels Basic(partial mastery of knowledge and skills), Proficient (solidacademic performance), and Advanced (superior performance). There are no results for individual students, classrooms orschools. NAEP reports results for different demographic groups,including race/ethnicity, gender and socioeconomic status. Vermont s scale score shared the top spot with Colorado,Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota,South Dakota, Utah and the Department of Defense schools. The content of the NAEP science assessment is determined by aframework. Frameworks describe the specific knowledge and skills tobe assessed in each subject. This framework organizes sciencecontent into a series of statements that describe key facts,concepts, principles, laws, and theories in three broad areas.These areas are Physical Science, Life Science and Earth and SpaceScience. Physical Science deals with matter, energy, and motion;Life Science with structures and functions of living systems andchanges in living systems; and Earth and Space Sciences with Earthin space and time, Earth structures, and Earth systems. The proportion of assessment time devoted to each of the threescience content areas reflects the emphasis in each area at gradeeight: 30 percent physical science, 30 percent life science, and 40percent Earth and space sciences. Four science practices are also defined in the framework. Thesefour practices-identifying science principles, using scienceprinciples, using scientific inquiry, and using technologicaldesign describe how students use their science knowledge bymeasuring what they are able to do with the science content. The science assessment was given last in 2009. Vermont chose to notparticipate in the assessment in 2009. The next time the scienceassessment will be given is 2015. The every four years cycle willcoincide with the administration of the Trends in InternationalMathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) an international assessmentof mathematics and science knowledge of fourth and eighth gradestudents around the world. For more information about Vermont s performance on NAEP, as wellas national results of the 2011 administration, please visitwww.nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard. We are high quality suppliers, our products such as Reflective Lanyard Manufacturer , Nylon Lanyard for oversee buyer. To know more, please visits Neck Strap Lanyard.
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